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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: Mr Ibrahim Moustahpa <ibrahim_m@insing.com>
Reply-To: mribrahim.m@sify.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:39:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPOND













































Dear Friend,
 
I have been searching for your
contact since you left our country some years ago .I do not know whether this is
your correct email address or not because I only used your name initials to
search for your contact in the internet .In case you are not the person I am
supposed to contact , please see this as a confidential message and do not
reveal it to another person but if you are not the intended receiver, do let me
know whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below because it is
top secret.
 
 I am still working with the Bank , but am about to retire
from active Bank service to start a new life but I am sceptical to reveal this
particular secret to a stranger .You must assure me that everything will be
handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again in
life.
 
 It has been 10 years now that most of the greedy African
Politicians used our bank to Launder money to overseas through the help of their
Political advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of the shores
of Africa was gold and oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop
the continent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts before
transfer to foreign accounts so I also used the opportunity to divert part of
the funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of how much was
transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were being closed after
transfer.
 
 I acted as the Bank Officer to
most of the politicians and when I discovered that they were using me to succeed
in their greedy act, I also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bank
files and no one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them to
control. They laundered over $150m dollars, during the process .As I am sending
this message to you, I was able to divert more than ($20m) to an escrow account
belonging to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who is the
beneficiary to the funds because they have made a lot of profits with the
funds.It is more than ten years now and most of the politicians are no longer
using our bank to transfer funds overseas.
 
 The $20M has been lying
waste but I don't want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to
a foreign account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The money
will be shared 60% for me and 40% for you .
 
 There is no one coming to
ask you about the funds because I secured everything.I only want you to assist
me by providing available bank account where the funds can be transferred. You
are not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle
the transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me
know by replying me immediately to enable me give you detailed information on
what to do.
 
 For me, I have not stolen the money from anyone because the
other people that took the whole money did not face any problems. This is my
chance also to grab my own but you must keep the details of the funds secret to
avoid leakages as no one in the bank knows about the funds.
 
 Please
supply me the following:
Your current contact address and Telephone Numbers.
Whether you will be able to come down again to my country to meet me before the
commencement of the transfer.
 
I shall intimate you on what to do when I
get your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable of being my trusted
associate, do declare your consent to me.
 Waiting for your urgent
response.
Yours
Faithfully,
 
Mr Ibrahim  



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